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- MID Menu
- File #1
- File #2
- Track #1
- Channel #1
- Track #2
- Channel #2
- Track #3
- Channel #3
- Track #4
- Channel #4
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- Help (Alt-H)
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- EXE\Help
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- Help
- In order to highlight a menu entry, use the keypad
- or the mouse. The PgUp key brings you to the top of
- the list, End to the bottom (Close command); the Up
- and Down Arrow keys step you through. To execute a
- highlighted command, click the Left mouse button or
- hit Enter. Command line parameters are typed in from
- the keyboard, DOS-fashion. Function keys F1-F10 give
- current parameters (press Alt and F1-F10 for a list).
-
- Alt-H gives help for the highlighted menu entry.
-
- To leave the WAVmaker MID Menu, press Esc, click the
- Right mouse button or execute the Close command.
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- Execute the Help command (hit Enter) for extensive
- online help.
-
- The WAVmaker menu system (including this text) is
- user-configurable. See online help for details!
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- MID Directory
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- EXE\ReadDir
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- MID\*.MID
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- ReadDir
- Browse a listing of the default MID directory (exit
- with Esc or Right mouse button).
-
- This is the directory where MID files are usually
- kept.
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- MID Play
- MID\
- ..\EXE\MIDplay
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- MIDplay
- Play a MID file.
-
- Usage: MIDplay <filename>
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- The MID extension is optional.
-
- Notes: WAVmaker is initially set up to call
- WM SBMIDI (MIDI player for Sound Blaster
- cards). You can easily change this if you
- want to use another player. See Help
- (press Alt-H) for details.
-
- With WM SBMIDI, Space bar and Left mouse
- button pause/resume playback; Esc key and
- Right mouse button abort it.
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- MID Scan
- MID\
- ..\EXE\Scan
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- MIDscan
- Generate and browse a (partial) event listing for a
- Level 0 or Level 1 Standard MIDI file (exit with Esc
- or Right mouse button).
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- Usage: Scan <filename>
-
- The default extension is MID.
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- MID Mute
- MID\
- ..\EXE\MIDmute
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- MIDmute
- Substitute Note events in track(s):channel(s) of a
- Standard MIDI file (Level 0 or 1) with (mute) Text
- events.
-
- Usage: MIDmute <source> <destination>
- <track>:<channel>
- [<track>:<channel> ...]
-
- The default extension is MID.
-
- The source file may NOT be overwritten:
- you must use different filenames and/or
- extensions for source and destination.
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- Either <track> or <channel> can be set to
- ALL (as in ALL:10, which would mute channel
- 10 on all tracks, or as in 10:ALL, muting
- track 10 on all channels).
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- MID Solo
- MID\
- ..\EXE\MIDsolo
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- MIDsolo
- Substitute all Note events NOT in track(s):channel(s)
- of a Standard MIDI file (Level 0 or 1) with (mute)
- Text events.
-
- Usage: MIDsolo <source> <destination>
- <track>:<channel>
- [<track>:<channel> ...]
-
- The default extension is MID.
-
- The source file may NOT be overwritten:
- you must use different filenames and/or
- extensions for source and destination.
-
- Either <track> or <channel> can be set to
- ALL (as in ALL:10, which would result in
- keeping channel 10 on all tracks, or as
- in 10:ALL, keeping all of track 10).
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- MID 1to0
- MID\
- ..\EXE\MID1to0
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- MID1to0
- Convert a Level 1 Standard MIDI file to Level 0.
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- Sequence, Track and Instrument names are converted
- to (mute) Text events.
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- Usage: MID1to0 <source> <destination>
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- The default extension is MID.
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- The source file may NOT be overwritten:
- you must use different filenames and/or
- extensions for source and destination.
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- MIDIcat
- MID\
- ..\EXE\Cat
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- MIDIcat
- Generate and browse a (partial) event listing for
- one or more Standard MIDI files (exit with Esc or
- Right mouse button).
-
- Usage: Cat <filename> [<filename> ...]
-
- Extensions must be specified explicitly.
-
- Options: -t (display Text event times)
- -h (suppress MIDI info header)
- -v (analyze only valid MIDI files)
- -d (display drum info)
- -i (display instrument info)
-
- See online help (Alt-H) for Text field
- options [-1234567? | -+ | -*].
-
- Notes: All options must PRECEDE <filename>.
-
- Options can be "stacked" together, as in
- "-tdiv".
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- ASCIIMID
- MID\
- ..\EXE\ASCIIMID
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- ASCIIMID
- Convert any DOS text file (actually, any DOS file)
- to a Level 0 Standard MIDI file.
-
- Usage: ASCIIMID <source> <destination>
-
- File extensions must be given explicitly.
-
- Note: Characters between ASCII codes 32 and 128
- are mapped to note numbers between 0 and 96
- (C0 and C8); codes falling outside of this
- range become rests. Each note and rest
- occupies a 16th note. The velocities for
- each note are randomly generated.
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- Archives
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- EXE\Help Archives
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- Help
- Browse Piet van Oostrum's great compilation of
- electronic/computer music and MIDI archives on
- the Internet. Tons of MIDI files, samples and
- info free for the taking!
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- DOS Shell
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- EXE\Shell
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- CLEARSCR
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- Shell
- Spawn a command shell (type EXIT at the command prompt
- to return), optionally changing the current directory.
-
- This is useful if you want to execute DOS commands
- without leaving WAVmaker.
-
- Usage: Shell [<directory>]
-
- Do NOT end the directory name with \!
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